Merry Christmas!

Kail being an elf...He is such a beautiful boy...I know I am biased but he looks so adorable!

Brian, Savannah, Shannon, Brad, Ethan, Dee Dee, Pap Pap, Andy, Kail, Megan and Drew....the whole Carroll clan.

Drew's favorite presents was a giraffe from Aunt Shannon, Uncle Brian, Brad, Ethan and Savannah. He loves his new friend! For about a month or 2 he has been in love with giraffes. He has a Noah's ark book and all the animals are magnets. He immediately took a liking to the giraffe and tells everyone about the giraffe!

Drew opening some presents...he had fun but it was really overwhelming for a 2 year old. He got very cranky and also he is getting in 4 molars so he had an excuse!

Kail wanted ribbons and bows from Santa...He loved to eat them. He was really not interested in presents at all! Maybe next year he will want presents!

The Christmas tree....and Santa was good to us this year!

Ethan, Dee Dee, Drew, Brad, Savannah, Pap Pap and Kail....it was so hard to get everyone looking the right way! After 225 tried this was he best picture I could get!

Shannon, Savannah, Brad, Megan, Dee Dee, Kail, Ethan, Pap Pap and Drew all on the couch!

Kail wants to head for Miami for Christmas....it is sunny and warm there!

Where is Drew hiding? Andy was a little irritated about the ribbon but hey it was fun....fun for Andy to roll back up!

Drew got into my Christmas ribbon and had a blast!

Auntie Cheryl gave Drew and Kail matching PJ'S...they look like twins, almost!

Our Gingerbread House. Drew loved eating it as I made it! His black eye came from the fire dept open house...he did a good job banging his head!

Merry Christmas!

Santa was very good to us all this year! Drew was overwhelmed and very fussy. He enjoyed opening some presents but tired quickly! Kail went around and ate ribbon and bows off presents! My sister, Shannon and her family are here visiting from England and so that has been fun! Brad is 10, Ethan is 6 and Savannah is 14 months old. They all enjoy playing together and Drew is fascinated by the older boys! Andy came to Pinehurst to my parents for Christmas Eve and Dy but retrned this evening to get back to work! Everyone enjoyed visiting with him and hated he had to rush back to the daily grind...but someone has to pay the bills! I hope to update some pictures maybe tomorrow so everyone can see the christmas fun! Hope everyone had a very merry and wonderful holiday! We sen dwarm wishes and hugs to all!

The Week...

Drew and Kail with Santa...It was so hard to even get one of them to look at the camera! Oh well! We tried! Drew still is not sure about this Santa guy or even getting the fact that he brings presents! Maybe next year it will be really exciting!
Drew loved playing in the Poinsettia's at the Youngsville Fire Dept. Christmas party. He was thrilled with them but then decided how fun it was to tear the flowers! Rotten little man!

Drew left his milk on the toy table and guess who found it! Kail decided he can drink out of a sippy cup and likes Milk! He is way to young for so many things but he wants to be just like Drew...maybe it is a good thing!

Drew and Kail playing in the tub...Drew finally realizes they can cause trouble together and Kail is not an inconvenience! So cute to see them playing and smiling!

Kail and his big smile...It is rare for him to smile at the camera...It comes out and he stops smiling but in real life he smiles all day long! He is so so cute!

Drew and his favorite hat...He wants to be just like his Daddy!

Drew hanging a ball on the tree! He loves the tree and is fascinated with the lights!

Kail standing at the toy table getting ready to cause some trouble! He is rotten and in EVERYTHING! We are always chasing him away from something! Now that he can crawl and stand he wants no one to hold him...I wanna go go go!

Drew in his tigger hat that Grandma and Grandpa Dudash got him from Disney! He loves it almost as much as his fire helmet! He is so so busy too!


I am feeling much better. I finally get my stitches out on Tuesday! Yeah! I am about to itch myself to death! It is hard to recover after chasing the monsters around, thankfully my Aunt Macky is here to help me! I don't know how I would recover with out her help! Andy is ready for a busy week and is doing great. I think he is happy since Santa brought him a new laptop for Christmas and he got it already! I better get off to bed...Happy Days to all!

Recovery and The Kids...

I am recovering slowly from my Gallbladder surgery. Still feeling really tired and sore....It takes some time for that to go away! The kids have no idea that I am hurt and they still want to torture me by jumping on me! Drew begs me to pick him up and I have to tell him no but I can sit with you! Kail is just Kail....He was standing at the table this morning and he found Drew's sippy cup....He figured out how to drink out of it! It had whole milk in it and it did not seem to bother Kail! Kail can also walk down the table with holding on and it drives me crazy...he s super fast! I just dont know what to do with him! Drew had therapy today and did great....He said penguin and monkey! Ashley, was so suprised at how well he is doing and his words are just flowing right out! He is super smart little man! We have an advent calendar and he loves getting chocolate or candy from "Santa" - he can't wait for christmas and presents! I better run and get a few things done! Have a great day!

Gallbladder's Suck!

Thanksgiving day I woke up feeling kind of bad but kepig in spirit I ignored the pain until I could no longer bear it. I went to the emergency room early friday morning to discover I had gall stones and a very unhappy gallbladder. We parted ways about 6 pm friday night and have been feeling much better just sore from surgery. I have 4 nice incisions that they made and hopefully they will be smaller than I imagine once the bandages come out! I am suppose to hav 2-4 weeks recovery with no lifting over 5 pounds...imagine that! Thankfully, My Aunt Macky is here taking care of the boys to help me out with recovery...God bless her! Send us lots of well wishes and a quick speedy recovery!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all. We are very thankful for our wonderful family and friends. We love you all!

The Boys!

Last night about midnight, Kail was awake...wide awake. After giving him a bottle and putting him back in his crib I went to check on him to find him standing up. I swear, he is so strong and growing so fast. I guess today we have to lower the mattress down so he won't jump out! Andy was shocked when I told him this morning!

Drew started saying Giraffe and won't stop. I think I heard it over thousand times on Saturday. Macky, my aunt is here and she asked me to make him stop saying it. Every time you asked him a qustion he would say Giraffe, it is annoying but so adorable! I guess he really like giraffes! He is not enjoying Kail moving so much and taking his toys. It seems to irritate him quite a bit. I think once Kail is on his level it will make him much happier to play with him!

Other than that we are doing great and getting exciting about the holidays!